Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5411, Tilly Flint, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Flint Tilly
S 5-411
CONTENTS
Carded

15.7/13 Massachusetts
Tilly Flint
of Worcester in the State of Mass o who was a P.K.P in the Company commanded by Captain Knowlton of the B.L. commanded by Col. Lynde in the Mass o line for the Prov. Service 10 " Sergeants
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 63 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Feb 1833 and sent to Solomon Wapachusset
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $126.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 31.67 $158.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Abiah Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 25
Died Feb. 23, 1842 (A.B.)
95 March

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this sixth day of September , in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty - two - personally appeared in open Court, before me Nathl Paine Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting , Gilly Flint, Esquire , a resident of Rutland , in the County of Worcester , and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he, the said Flint, was born in said Rutland, as it appears by a Family Record in his possession, on the seventeenth of March, seventeen hundred fifty nine, & has resided in said Rutland until the present time. That sometime in the autumn of seventeen hundred seventy five, he enlisted in a company of militia under the command of Capt. Thomas Reed, of said Rutland, & proceeded forthwith to Roxbury near Boston, where he remained two months under said Reed's command, at the expiration of which time said Company was broken up, & the present applicant with others was transferred to another company, commanded by Capt. John Bowker, of Peterham, with whom he continued about two months. During the last period, the enemy having landed on the Dorchester shore from Castle William & destroyed several buildings, the company of Capt. Bowker with numerous other troops were marched to Dorchester Heights, where the present applicant was employed until the evacuation of Boston. After that event, the company was dismissed, & he returned to Rutland. As near as he can recollect this was towards the last of March, seventeen hundred seventy six. During the following summer, about the first of July, he again enlisted at Rutland, in a company commanded by Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton, of Templeton, of which John Newton Mementee was Lieutenant, & Mr. Leach Ensign. This company belonged to a Regiment raised by the Commonwealth for the defence of the towns, & was under the command of Col. Dyer, of Westminster. During this term of service, the applicant held the warrant of Sergeant, with increased pay per month. Soon after his second enlistment, he repaired with his company to Dorchester Heights, where he remained until the last of April, the following year, about ten months, engaged for the most part in fatigue duty at Castle William. Being discharged, he then returned to Rutland.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
By me Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester Gilly Flint

We, Josiah Clarke , a Clergyman residing in the town of Rutland , and Rufus Putnam , residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Deacon Gilly Flint , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be ninety three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Nathl. Dime Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester  Josiah Clarke Rufus Putnam
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Rev. Josiah Clarke , who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Rutland , and that Rufus Putnam who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Dime Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester Worcester ss. { Commonwealth of Massachusetts }
I Theophilus Wheeler Register , Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gilly Flint made in a Justice of the Peace for a pension of that Rufus Putnam before whom the annexed affidavit was made, in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester

23988
By Filly Flint Massachusetts
Sept 10 Month Pmt 4
14
50.00 13.33 63 33
Geo. Folsom Worcester Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Gilley Flint  Rutland County of Worcester State of Mass
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist 1775 — about 4 — priv Capt Reed Capt Bowker 73 Years Rutland Living Witness   — 1776 — about 10 — Serg Capt Knowlton Col Dyke County of Worcester State of Mass  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, in too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the time, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

December 3, 1934
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Mr. N. W. Davis Ormond Florida
TILLY FLINT Am S. 5411 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Tilly Flint, of Rutland, Massachusetts, who received a pension and died in Rutland, February 23, 1842, also, of George Tuttle, who served as captain in the Revolution from Lee, New Hampshire, but later moved to Enfield, New Hampshire, where he died in 1816.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a George Tuttle, under any spelling; such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
The record of only one Tilly Flint was found and is given herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 5411, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Tilly Flint was born March 17, 1759, in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in said Rutland, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the fall of 1775, served two months as private in Captain Thomas Read's Massachusetts company, was then transferred to Captain John Bowker's Massachusetts company, in which he served about two months and was discharged the last of March, 1776. He enlisted about July 1, 1776, served as sergeant in Captain Ezekiel Knowlton's company, Colonel Dike's Massachusetts regiment and was discharged the last of April, 1777, after which he returned to his home in Rutland.
Tilly Flint was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, while a resident of Rutland, Massachusetts; at the time of his application he was referred to as Deacon Tilly Flint.

Tilly Flint died February 23, 1942. (a. B.)
There are no family data shown in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1934 Dec. 3-Recd. to Mr. N. W. ...
Reckman
5411 INVALID.
File No. 5411
Billie G. ...
Prev. ...
Act: June 4th 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I, Tilly Flint, of Rutland, in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy three years of age, on oath declare, in amendment of my former declaration for receiving the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, for the relief of Revolutionary soldiers, That my first term of service stated in said declaration, to wit, two months under Capt Thomas Reed, & two months under Capt. John Bowker, exceeded the term of four months, but to what extent I am unable to say precisely; that it was at least four months I can confidently declare, and as to that I was a private, I served faithfully the full term of four months, at least, in said companies.
In regard to my second term of service, under the command of Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton, I further declare, that I served at least ten months as sergeant. The only doubt in my mind when I made my former declaration, was as to the time above ten months that I served, and which I cannot now positively state.
Tilly Flint
Worcester ss. Dec. 14, 1832. Personally appeared the above-named Tilly Flint, & made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration, subscribed by him, is true. George Holson, Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts—
Worcester ss.
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the court of Probate, being a court of Record, in the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that George Folsom Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit was made, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Worcester, and that I believe his name thereunto subscribed, to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court at Worcester on this 22 nd day of December One thousand eight hundred thirty two—
Theoph d P. Wheeler Reg t of said court

N. W. DAVIS ORMOND, FLA.
November 15, 1934.
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, O. W. and N. Division, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Rev. War Service.
For the purpose of joining a patriotic society the writer is desirous of securing a record of the Revolu- tionary War service of Ensign(?) Tilly Flint , only one of Rutland, Massachusetts, who died at Rutland February 23, 1842, and was a pensioner from 1836 until his decease. Would you be so good as to furnish me with the formal record, and oblige
Sincerely yours,
N. W. Davis
If Capt. George Tuttle , who served in the Revolu- tion (enlisting from Lee, New Hampshire, but who later removed to Enfield, N. H., where he died in 1816) was a pensioner, I should like also to have the record concern- ing his services and family, if any, on his pension applica- tion.
N. W. Davis.

Application of Silly Flint, Esq.
23988
10 6/10 1

I, Joel Hubbard, of Rutland, County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy three years of age, testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Deacon Tilly Flint, of said Rutland, and that I served in the same company with him in the Army of the Revolution. We entered the service in the company of Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton, of Templeton, & served together a term of four months & a half. Said Flint having enlisted & served several months before I joined the company. I enlisted at Dorchester, about the first of December, 1776, for a term of three months, before my time had expired I again enlisted for six weeks longer in the same company. Said Flint was a Sergeant in the company; we were attached to the Regiment of Col. Dyke, of Westminster. We were dismissed at the same time, & returned together to Rutland.
Having been at that period a near neighbour of said Deacon Flint, I recollect distinctly his entering the service in 1775, in the fall of the year, in Capt. Reed's company, but I cannot remember how long he was gone. I only recollect that he went to Roxbury, & was absent a considerable time.
Joel Hubbard.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Worcester ss. Worcester, Sept. 5 th 1832.
Personally appeared the above named Joel Hubbard, & made solemn oath that the foregoing statement by them subscribed, is true. And I further certify that said Hubbard is a credible person, & that his statement is fully entitled to credit.
Attest Rufus Putnam Justice of Peace